Motorized bicycle with removable fuel tank
OwnerSeymour Fleisher, Warner Rosenscheininventors
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Abstract
A motorized bicycle which features a removable fuel tank. The fuel tank may be selectively secured within a housing mounted on the frame of the bicycle. The housing and tank include means which cooperate upon insertion of the fuel tank to permit fuel to flow from the tank to the fuel line for the engine of the bicycle. Removal of the tank from the housing automatically seals the tank against spillage of fuel and permits the bicycle to be safely transported. The fuel tank also features an air vent which is automatically opened when the tank is secured in the housing.
Claims12
In combination with a motorized bicycle having a frame, a gasoline motor mounted on said frame, a drive spool rotated by said motor, and control means for selectively engaging said drive spool with a wheel of the bicycle, the improvement which comprises:
- a gasoline tank which is selectively removable from said bicycle so as to render said bicycle, when removed therefrom, devoid of gasoline tanks for facilitating safe transport of same;
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- housing means mounted on said frame for selectively retaining or releasing said gasoline tank and including a fuel line extending therefrom to said gasoline motor, and means for placing said fuel line in fluid communication with said gasoline tank only upon insertion of said tank into said housing means.
In combination with a motorized bicycle having a frame, a gasoline motor mounted on said frame, a drive spool rotated by said motor, and control means for selectively engaging said drive spool with a wheel of the bicycle, the improvement which comprises:
- a gasoline tank which is selectively removable from said bicycle;
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- housing means mounted on said frame for selectively retaining or releasing said gasoline tank;
- wherein said gasoline tank further includes a normally closed air vent valve positioned in the top wall thereof, and means for automatically opening said air vent valve when said tank is secured in said housing means.
For use in combination with an engine driven machine having suitable housing means with a cover and cover-retaining means, a unitary gasoline tank having a fuel exit passage for directing fuel from said tank to said engine when the tank is in operating position, said tank being readily separable from said machine so that, when said tank is removed from said machine, the latter is devoid of gasoline tanks and is thereby rendered safe for transport, said tank including vent means in normally closed position, a handle with means for cooperating with the cover, when the latter is closed, to open the vent means and means for automatically sealing said fuel exit passage when the tank is removed from said machine, the housing means, the cover and the cover-retaining means comprising the only structure which secures the tank when the latter is in operating position.
Apparatus for use with a machine driven by a liquid fuel powered engine, which comprises:
- a unitary liquid fuel container serving as a primary fuel tank for said engine and without which the machine is devoid of a fuel tank;
- housing means, with a cover and cover-retaining means, mounted on said machine for receiving and retaining said liquid fuel container during use;
- said fuel container being readily separable from said housing means and including a fuel exit passage, valve means for automatically sealing said exit passage when said container is removed from said housing means, and handle means coupled to the top of said container for facilitating removal and carrying of said container, the handle means being secured in an inoperative position by the cover when the fuel container is in the housing means and the cover is retained by the cover-retaining means.
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